{"nrhp_refnum":"87001067","name":"Benner House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"77 Mill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rhinebeck","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.92067748300008,"lon":-73.90953683099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, one-room stone house at 77 Mill Street in the village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, built about 1739 in the German vernacular tradition and attributed to Johannes Benner.","why_significant":"It is argued to be a rare and distinctive example of eighteenth-century Hudson Valley German vernacular architecture. It is the only house in Rhinebeck that keeps its original one-room plan, the prototype from which later two-room houses evolved. It helps explain the building practices and living patterns of Palatine settlers.","narrative":"Built around 1739 at 77 Mill Street in Rhinebeck, this small stone house is a rare survivor of the German vernacular building tradition in the Hudson Valley. It has one story, a single room, a gable roof with the gable end facing the street, and restrained detailing limited to simple wooden trim and dressed stone lintels. A Dutch-type double door sits in the east bay of the front facade. A porch and a rear frame wing were added in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The house matters because it is the only one in Rhinebeck that keeps its original one-room plan, the form from which later two-room houses grew. Together with other early stone houses in the area, it helps explain how Palatine settlers built and lived in the eighteenth century. A member of the Benner family, which came from Upper Bavaria, is believed to have built it. Local tradition says the Methodist congregation held its first service there in 1791-2.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; attributed to Johannes Benner","architectural_style":"German vernacular building tradition (Hudson Valley regional stone house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a private residence; condition listed as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.971822-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/87001067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001067/7437d186bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001067/7437d186bd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benner_House,_Rhinebeck,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benner_House,_Rhinebeck,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312602","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/benner-house-87001067/"}